I'm JJ 👋

Software Engineer crafting web apps, mobile apps, backend systems & fintech solutions.

Currently at Entelect. Based in South Africa.

Available for select freelance opportunities

My latest projects

Tech Stack

Technologies I've mastered along the way, from building enterprise solutions to crafting personal projects.

Java

C#

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

HTML

CSS

My journey

From student to innovative engineer: Explore my journey through key projects and experiences in full stack development and fintech.

2024

Starting 2024 I got placed on a new project at a Bank where I formed part of a payments related team that deals with industry related payment types such as the new PayShap program. This project mostly involved working on Spring Boot microservices running in a serverless architecture on AWS.

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You can learn more about PayShap here.

In my spare time I also embarked on a journey to build various other projects for myself and for freelance projects. Some of the technologies I used include:

  • Spring Boot
  • NestJS
  • React Native/Expo
  • Rust / Tauri
  • MicroPython
  • ReactJS & NextJS
  • PostgreSQL
  • Kubernetes & AWS Services

2023

In 2023, I largely worked on a project at a Bank where I formed part of the "Everyday banking payments" teams, where I mostly worked on Spring Boot microservices running on kubernetes clusters. Technologies I used include:

  • Java / Spring Boot
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS Services
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker

In my spare time I also embarked on a journey to build various other projects for myself and for freelance projects. Some of the technologies I used include:

  • ReactJS & NextJS
  • React Native/Expo
  • AWS Services
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker

2022

2022 was a year of growth for me. I started working at Entelect, while completing my final year at University. As part of my first year at Entelect, I went through their graduate boot camp, which was a 2 month intensive training program that covered a lot of the technologies I use today.

After completing the boot camp, I started working on a new project at a Bank where I formed part of the "Everyday banking payments" teams, where I mostly worked on Spring Boot microservices running on kubernetes clusters. Technologies I used include:

  • Java / Spring Boot
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS Services
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker

2021

2021 was my final theoretical year at University. As part of my final year, I participated in an International Mega Project, where we collaborated with students from other universities and the Open Remote Company to build an interactive web application and machine learning solution to predict solar radiation and potential energy produced by solar panels.

Technologies I used include:

  • ReactJS
  • Spring Boot
  • C# / .NET Framework
  • Python
  • Machine Learning
  • OVH Cloud

Outside of my studies, I managed and experimented with network equipment and various server setups for a company called FEB Consulting.

Pre

Before and while I was at University, I also worked on various projects for myself and for freelance projects. Some of the technologies I used include:

  • ReactJS
  • C# / .NET Framework
  • Javascript / Typescript
  • NodeJS
  • Python
  • C (Arduino)
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • HTML / CSS
  • MSSQL
  • Linux

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Pretoria, South Africa

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